Business Process Management Standardization Efforts
Hubspan Joins BPMI.org Supporting Industry-Wide Business Process Management Standardization Efforts
SEATTLE, Wash. (May 15, 2001) – Hubspan, an e-business infrastructure provider,
today announced that it has joined the Business Process Management Initiative
(BPMI.org). An association of more than 100 top companies focused on business process
automation, BPMI.org is establishing open standards for the management of business
processes that span multiple applications and business partners.
“In complex external-value chains — where electronic transactions involve several
business partners and sophisticated IT environments — companies can gain or lose
valuable customers and revenue in minutes,” said Andrew Dent, chief technology officer.
“A company’s success depends on being able to manage the performance of business
processes. BPMI.org is developing standards to provide business process-to-business
process interoperability among companies. We support their efforts in this area and plan
to contribute the expertise we’ve acquired through implementations to this initiative.”
Leveraging it’s expertise in streamlining and connecting trading partners, Hubspan’s
ability to provide low risk, high value integration solutions will support BPMI.org in
developing specifications for describing end-to-end business processes. Hubspan is a
hosted service for connecting businesses to online supply chains, trading partners,
marketplaces and private buyer networks. The company’s connectivity solutions help
bridge the communication barriers and technology gaps between business partners, as
well as provide the infrastructure to enable full supply chain collaboration. Through one
connection to the Hubspan service, businesses can reach any trading partner quickly and
cost effectively while also greatly reducing the cost and impact of maintenance and
change.
About BPMI.org
BPMI.org (the Business Process Management Initiative) is a non-profit corporation that
empowers companies of all sizes, across all industries, to develop and operate business
processes that span multiple applications and business partners, behind the firewall and
over the Internet. The Initiative’s mission is to promote and develop the use of Business
Process Management (BPM) through the establishment of standards for process design,
deployment, execution, maintenance, and optimization. BPMI.org develops open
specifications, assists IT vendors in marketing their implementations, and supports
businesses in their use of business process management technologies. BPMI.org has been
initiated by Intalio, Inc. and created in August 2000 by a group of sixteen enterprise
software vendors and consulting firms. Membership is open to all companies, non-profit
organizations, and individuals.
About Hubspan
The Hubspan service enables suppliers to manage e-commerce connectivity, exchange
data and build collaborative processes with multiple partners through a single connection,
over the Internet. Hubspan’s reliable and efficient service delivers flexible technology and
tools to implement and expand business processes beyond the enterprise, at a fraction of
the cost, in half the time. Hubspan was founded by veterans in the e-procurement and
supply chain with a vision of enabling business partners to communicate regardless of
their technology choices. Additional information can be found at www.hubspan.com.
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